It became the Ponce and Guayama Railroad and is affiliated with Central Aguirre. It bought from Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico the part of the franchise that had to do with operations east of the town of Ponce. The owners had also acquired Port America Co., a small railroad operation near the Aguirre sugar mill. Precursor de la Ponce & Guayama Railroad y afiliada a la Central Aguirre. Sus dueños habían adquirido la Port America Co. , un ferrocarril que operaba en el área de la hacienda Aguirre.

Fajardo Development Co., meter gauge, public service railroad with tracks from Humacao, Fajardo, to Carolina.

Owned by Central Fajardo.Public service is given by the American Railroad. (34 miles). Ferrocarril de Humacao a Carolina. La American Railroad la usaba para dar servicio público. Pertenecía a la Central Fajardo.

Ferrocarril Del Este (Eastern Railroad).

Operated a public service railroad from Humacao to Naguabo where it connects to the Fajardo Development Co. (14 miles). Operaba el tramo de vía entre Humacao y Naguabo y se conectaba a las vías de la Fajardo Developement Co.

Ferrocarriles de Puerto Rico, meter gauge.

Owner of the largest public service railroad on the Island. It was known as the French Railroad (Ferrocarril Francés) under the Spanish government. Dueño del ferrocarril de circunvalación que originalmente se conocía como el Ferrocarril Francés.

Tram waspulled by a donkey to the light house from the shore. There were two trams. One tram operated from the shore to a cave, where material was taken up
a stairway and onto another tram, and from there to the lighthouse. Ferrocarril halado por un burrito para el
transporte de materiales de la playa al faro. Materiales para el
faro eran llevados en un vagón desde la orilla de la playa hasta una cueva en donde se subían por una escalera y luego se transportaban en otro vagón hasta el faro.

It was the last sugar cane railroad that operated on the Island and served Central Aguirre. This railroad began operating from Guayama to Ponce in 1910 as a public service railroad. Último ferrocarril de caña de Puerto Rico que daba servicio a la Central Aguirre. Empezó a operar en el 1910 entre Ponce y Guayama.

Seatrain ships carried railcars. At the docks, large cranes on the ships lifted the railroad cars and place
them on rails. A diesel engine moved the cars to tracks where their contents were moved to trucks. Later on containers were carried on the ships and were transferred to flat cars.

Operated between Río Piedras and San Juan,
76 cm. Inaugurated in 1880. It became the Porto Rico
Railway and Light Co. Also known as San Juan and Río Piedras Railroad, San Juan Railroad, and Tranvía de la Capital a Río Piedras. This railroad became the San Juan Trolley.

It was my first ride on a steam train. A clown sheriff, dressed as a cowboy, rode on the train with a trunk
full of money (payroll). During the trip indians and
outlaws attacked the train, but we were defeated by the
sheriff. At the end of the ride the sheriff had a gun duel
with an outlaw and won. This happened while the locomotive was getting ready for the return trip. It was a beautiful ride through the countryside and sugar cane fields.

The Ponce Park train has three stations and 14 cars, of which 6 were in use the day I visited the park. There are three stations. From the parking lot, visitors are taken on a ride. The park has gazebos for rent
and small rental peddling boat rides plus animals to see.

Ferrocarril de Sangre a puerto de Naguabo, 1869??. See / ver: Indice, Fondo de Obras Públicas.

Ferrocarriles, Archivo General de Puerto Rico, San Juan. / Index at the General Archive of Puerto Rico, San Juan. (AG) The fact that this Index has listed some railways, does not mean that they were constructed.

Funicular, Fajardo. Located at Hotel El Conquistador. Todavía existe.

Fábrica de ladrillos y tejas Garcés, San Germán.

Brick and tile factory. Small cars used in the brick making process. Usaban vagones pequeños en el

proceso de fabricación de ladrillos. See /ver: Inventario
histórico de ingeniería e industria de Puerto Rico by Dr. Pumarada. (LP)

Hand tram, Ponce Port. Tranvía de mano, Playa de Ponce.

See / Ver: Indice, Fondo de Obras Públicas. Ferrocarriles, Archivo General de Puerto Rico, San Juan. Index at the General Archive of Puerto Rico, San Juan. (AG)

Pulled by a donkey named Macario, for transport to the light house from the shore. The tram operation was divided in two. One tram operated from the shore to a cave, where material was taken up a stairway and onto another tram, and from there to the lighthouse.

Car unloading facilities, tracks, weighing stations, core samplers, round house withturntable, etc. NOTE: The Central Aguirre Community in itself is a museum. Central Aguirre is an example of a company town.

My main concern is to list the railroads that existed (exist) in Puerto Rico without going into MANY details. Generally speaking, modern mills produce a sugar of higher quality than the sugar mills commonly known as Haciendas. Modern sugar mills required a
larger investment than needed for Haciendas and also could grind more sugar cane per hour. This required more land, some further from the mills, to grow more cane and railroads to bring them to the mills, promptly.

The railroads mentioned did not operate at the same
time. Puerto Rico’s railroad history covers more than 120
years. Some railroads changed names and or ownership. The list is
not complete.